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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Colonel Richard Fox abt 1701 Hannah Williamson 1714

Colonel Richard Fox
Born 1701 King William County, Virginia
Parents: Thomas Fox and Mary Tunstall
Note: he was NOT a descendant of Henry Fox and Anne West as has been often proposed. For more information: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/fox/b2487.html
Occupation: Plantation owner (yes, sigh, he owned slaves)
Married Hannah Williamson
Died 10 Jan 1771 Mecklenburg County, Virginia at age 70
Will 4 Jan 1771 proven 13 May 1771
Last Will and Testament of Richard Fox.

In the name of God, Amen, I Richard FOX of the County of Mecklenburg in the Colony of Virginia being weak in body but sound in mind and memory praised be Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following viz:

First and principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Maker hoping through the meritorious death of Jesus Christ my Savior to receive all pardon of all my sins and as for my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter nominated, and calling to mind what worldly estate it hath pleased Almighty God to help me with, I give and dispose in manner and form following.

I give and bequeath to my grandchildren Amy BURCHETT, James BURCHETT and Joseph BURCHETT, John BURCHETT, Mary Ann BURCHETT and Isaac BURCHETT my Negro woman ANACA and all her present and future increase to be equally divided amongst them after the death of their father Joseph BURCHETT. I desire he may have the use of them all during his life.

Item: I give and devise to my son Jacob FOX my mill and one acre of land on the South side of Mill Creek at the end of the dam and also all the land I bought of George KING and John King ROSSER that lays on the North Side of the Mill Creek to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and devise to my son Richard FOX all the tract of land that I now live on with the Ferry and all other conveniences of the same to him and his heirs and assigns forever together with two cows and calves to him and his assigns forever.

Item: I give and devise to my son Isham FOX all the land that I now own on the South side of Mill Creek except the acre I give to my son Jacob FOX too him and his heirs and assigns forever, together with two cows and calves to him and his heirs forever, also I give to my son Isham FOX all that tract or parcel of land I bought of Shippe Allen PUCKETT after the death of my daughter Sarah PRICE, to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give to my daughter Nancy FOX, the use of my Negro boy ABRAM and my Negro girl PHEBEE to be and continue in the hands of my wife during her life and after death for my daughter Nancy to go in care of John KENDRICK and Amy his wife, also I give to my daughter Nancy one feather bed and furniture and two cows and calves to be and continue with her Mother during her life and after her death to go to John KENDRICK for the use of my daughter, and if my said daughter Nancy should died without heirs lawfully begotten of her body my will and desire is that the said Negro's ABRAM and PHEBEE go to John KENDRICK and his wife, and their heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah my Negro girl ANACA and a good bed and furniture together with two cows and calves to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give to my son Richard FOX one Negro named KITT and a good bed and furniture to him and his heirs and assigns forever. My will and desire is that the land I bought of James DOZER to be sold to defray the charges in buying the said land.

Item: I give to my daughter Ann FOX my Negro girl MOLLY together with a good bed and furniture and two cows and calves to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give to my son Isham FOX my Negro girl PAUL [sic] together with one good bed and furniture two cows and calves to him his heirs and assigns forever.

Item: I give to my son Isham FOX that land that I bought of Hutchens BURTON to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give to my beloved wife all the rest of my estate during her life and after her decease my will and desire is that all that part I give my wife the use of during her life to be equally divided amongst my children except Nancy who I don't allott to have any part of my estate.

Item: My will and desire further is that if any of my children die before they come of age or have lawful issue that his or their part shall be equally divided amongst my surviving children.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my son Jacob FOX and John KENDRICK Executors of this my last will and testament, Revoking and disannulling all former wills and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this fourth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy One.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the said Richard FOX and said to be his last will and testament. S/Rich. FOX
Alex MORRISON
Wm. C. [His Mark] MORRISON
Elizabeth DAVIS
Sources
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/fox/b2487.html
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 32-35
Mecklenburg Index to Wills
http://www.brumm.com/

Hannah Williamson
Born 23 Nov 1714 Virginia
Parents John Williamson and Rebecca Chamberlain
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 43
http://www.brumm.com/

CHILDREN

John Fox
Note: this child may not have existed
Born 1728 Prince George County, Virginia
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 35
Jacob Fox
Born 1730 Prince George County, Virginia
Mentioned in his father's will of 1771 as follows:
Item: I give and devise to my son Jacob FOX my mill and one acre of land on the South side of Mill Creek at the end of the dam and also all the land I bought of George KING and John King ROSSER that lays on the North Side of the Mill Creek to him and his heirs forever.
Married Elizabeth Lark
Died
Buried
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 35
William Fox
Born 13 Feb 1732 Prince George County, Virginia
Married Mary Kendrick 1753
Children: Arthur, Richard, William, Priscilla, Henry, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Joanna
Died 1783
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 35
Richard Fox
Born 1734
He is mentioned in his father's will as follows:
Item: I give and devise to my son Richard FOX all the tract of land that I now live on with the Ferry and all other conveniences of the same to him and his heirs and assigns forever together with two cows and calves to him and his assigns forever.
Item: I give to my son Richard FOX one Negro named KITT and a good bed and furniture to him and his heirs and assigns forever. My will and desire is that the land I bought of James DOZER to be sold to defray the charges in buying the said land.
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36
Anne Fox
Born 1736
Mentioned in her father's will as follows:
Item: I give to my daughter Ann FOX my Negro girl MOLLY together with a good bed and furniture and two cows and calves to her and her heirs forever.
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36
Unknown daughter Fox
Born 1736
Married Joseph Burkett
Children: Amy, James, John, Mary Ann, Isaac
Died pre-1771
Her husband and children are mentioned in her father's will as follows:
I give and bequeath to my grandchildren Amy BURCHETT, James BURCHETT and Joseph BURCHETT, John BURCHETT, Mary Ann BURCHETT and Isaac BURCHETT my Negro woman ANACA and all her present and future increase to be equally divided amongst them after the death of their father Joseph BURCHETT. I desire he may have the use of them all during his life.
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36
*Amy Fox
Born 1740 Prince George County, Virginia
Married Captain John Kendrick 1758 Kentucky
Children: Mollie, William, Sarah, Keziah, John, Elizabeth, James, Obedience, Lucy
Died 1770
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36
Sarah Fox
Born 1742 Surry, Virginia
Married Joseph Price
Died previous to 1771 according to her father's will
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36
Hannah Fox
Born 1744
Married David Towns 1764
Children: Richard, Mary, Edmund, Nancy, Sarah, Elizabeth, David, Susannah
Is mentioned in her father's will as follows:
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah my Negro girl ANACA and a good bed and furniture together with two cows and calves to her and her heirs forever.
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 36-37
Mary Fox
Born 1746
Married Samuel Jones
Note: living in Georgia in 1777
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 37
Lucinda (Lucy) Fox
Born 28 Nov 1747 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married Luke Matthews 26 Jan 1766 Tennessee
Died 12 Feb 1831
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 37
Book: Luke Matthews of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1739-1788 and His Descendants, by William Kennon Matthews, p.10
Isham Fox
Born 1749 Virginia
No children, mentioned in his father's will of 1771 as follows:
Item: I give and devise to my son Isham FOX all the land that I now own on the South side of Mill Creek except the acre I give to my son Jacob FOX ...also I give to my son Isham FOX all that tract or parcel of land I bought of Shippe Allen PUCKETT after the death of my daughter Sarah PRICE, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give to my son Isham FOX my Negro girl PAUL [sic] together with one good bed and furniture two cows and calves to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I give to my son Isham FOX that land that I bought of Hutchens BURTON to him and his heirs forever.
Died by 1777
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 37
Nancy Fox
Born 1751 Virginia
Note: In her father's will it is stated: "Item: I give to my daughter Nancy FOX, the use of my Negro boy ABRAM and my Negro girl PHEBEE to be and continue in the hands of my wife during her life and after death for my daughter Nancy to go in care of John KENDRICK and Amy his wife..." this makes it sound as if Nancy may be a special needs child - as if he had to make provision for his youngest by assigning not only her future caretakers, but giving animals and (sadly) slaves so she might be cared for. It also states in his will: ...to be equally divided amongst my children except Nancy who I don't allott to have any part of my estate.
Sources
Book, Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 37

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Colonel Richard Fox abt 1701 Hannah Williamson 1714

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